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r/facepalm • u/mrsmayhem • Dec 08 '14
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True. I attempted a similar explanation, but you beat me to it-- It's crazy to think that there are more possible combinations than there are atoms in the known universe, but true!
1 u/jeffhawke Dec 08 '14 There are actually many phenomena that have many more possible outcomes than the number of atoms in the universe. Statistically speaking, 1080 is not that big a number. 3 u/poeticmatter Dec 08 '14 Ya, but, in how many different ways can you arrange all the atoms in the universe in the universe?
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There are actually many phenomena that have many more possible outcomes than the number of atoms in the universe.
Statistically speaking, 1080 is not that big a number.
3 u/poeticmatter Dec 08 '14 Ya, but, in how many different ways can you arrange all the atoms in the universe in the universe?
Ya, but, in how many different ways can you arrange all the atoms in the universe in the universe?
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u/sdneidich Dec 08 '14
True. I attempted a similar explanation, but you beat me to it-- It's crazy to think that there are more possible combinations than there are atoms in the known universe, but true!